Online Poker Strategy. Poker cheats: The Bottom Deal

This maneuver is a way in which the cheating dealer places the card of his or her choice on the very bottom of the deck and then deals it into his or her own hand.

When that card is at the bottom, the cheat deals normally to all players until arriving at his or her own hand. The cheat then deals the bottom card (using the Mechanic's Grip to hide this action) in such a way that goes unnoticed. Even those players looking directly at the deck may not notice that the cheat has dealt the bottom card into his or her hand as opposed to the top card.

A "hanger" is used to describe when the bottom card is mistakenly dealt out with too much force, bringing the next bottom card out a little bit from the bottom of the deck. If noticed, the cheat has been caught bottom-dealing.

Read more on Poker Bluffing:

Semi-bluffing
When NOT to Bluff
Using Odds when Bluffing
How to Determine if Someone Else is Bluffing

Read more on Poker Cheats:

Poker Cheats
Prepared Deck
Pot Interaction
Misrepresentation of a Hand
Marked Cards
Angling
Collusion
Dealing From a Shoe
Ending/Leaving the Game
Marked Card Protocol
Splitting Up Anglers
Swapping Decks
Alcohol
Verification
Strangers
Shifting the Cut
Palming
False Shuffling
Extra Cards
The Bottom Deal
The Second Deal
The Peek
The Mechanic's Grip